Buckle



(No Model.)

J. E. LEE.

l BUCKLE. No. 314,693. Patented Mar. 31, 1885.

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JOHN E. LEE, OF GHIPPEIVA FALLS, WISCONSIN.

BUCKLE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 314,693, dated March 31, 1855.

(No model.)

.To all whom, it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN E. LEE, a citizen of the United States, residing at Chippewa Falls, in the county of Chippewa and State of IVisconsin, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Buckles; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, which will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification.

My invention has for its object to provide an improved buckle for harness, belting, metal bands, and other purposes,which can be used in its single and double form, and will retain the bands, duc., introduced within the same singly and in loops at different angles from opposite movement and without the inconvenient protrusion of the tongue beyond the buckle; and it consists in the novel construction and combination of its several parts, which will be first fully described, and specically pointed out in the claim.

In the drawings, Figure l is a perspective view of the buckle. Fig. 2 is a plan View of the buckle in a reverse position to that seen in Fig. l. Fig. 3 is a longitudinal sectional view through the line x x of Fig. 2.

A represents the complete buckle. c a are the sides of the same. a a are the transverse end bars on outer face of the buckle.

ai a are the transverse end bars on the inner face of the buckle. c3 as are the forked ends of the sides a o. a" is the aperture in the transverse end bar, o2. a5 is a raised rim on the inner side of the transverse end bar, a2, and around the aperture at. a6 is a transverse central pivot through the sides a a of the buckle. B is a liangedtongue-plate on pivot a, and b the hook or stud upon the same. b is a slot -in the hinge b2. b2 is the hinge of the iianged tongue-plate B ou the central pivot, c6. c is the ordinary form of tongue on central pivot, a

In the construction of my improved buckle I make the side plates, d a, which extend in the longitudinal direction ofthe tongue,slight ly wider than lthe relative thickness of the bands, which are required to be looped or folded one upon another and inserted in the buckle.

, entrance longitudinally of a double band.

Upon the upper and lower longitudinal end portions ot the sides ac, and connecting them togetheig, are formed the transverse bars a c and a2 a2, the latter bars, a c2, being slightly wider than the former bars,a ca and are placed upon the under side ofthe buckle. The ends of the longitudinal side bars, a a, I make in a forked shape, as at as, which permits the lateral spread of the bands when in the buckle. The distance vertically between the end bars upon the outer and inner faces of each end of the buckle is. as seen, sufficient to afford an A pivot, a6, is then inserted in a central transverse relation to the width of and through the longitudinal side of the buckle and the tongue c attached thereto in the ordinary manner. I then form a iianged tongue-plate, B, of suf iicient width to play freely between the sides a a and transverse bars c a of the buckleand upon one end the hinge b2, which is bent around the pivot a, A slot, b, is made through the hinge b2 of the flanged tongue-plate B, and,eX tending a slight distance in the plate, permits the hinged end b4 of the tongue c to play on the same central pivot. The opposite end of the flanged tongue-plate B extends outwardly in the direction of and near to the transverse bar c', slightly within the radius described from the pivotal point of the iianged tongueplate B and the inner edge of the said bar.

Upon the inner side and at the end of the iianged tongue-plate B, in a direct line with the tongue c, I form a hook, b, corresponding with the free end of tongue c, bent at right angles and equal in length to half the width of the sides a a.

Through the transverse bar a2 beneath and in the path of the hook b, I make the aperture at, and above and in vertical line with the said aperture upon the inner side of the transverse bar the raised rim a5.

In the operation of my improved buckle the band or strap is introduced singly at iirst between the transverse bars c' and a2 within the buckle and below the central pivot to the required distance, the flanged tongue-plate B being upheld until the proper hole in the band or strap is reached when it is dropped upon the same, the hook b entering the hole in the strap and also the aperture c4 in the cross IOO It will be observed that when united with the strap of a harness the side of the buckle presented to the-animal is perfectly smooth and obviates thek danger that .would result from a protruding tongue swinging with the play of the strap against the animals head or body.

The old form of tongue c may be entirely dispensed with for many purposes, as in the use of a metal band it would be impracticable, while in my improved buckle a metal band is as readily secured as any other kind.

When it should become necessary to use my buckle with the bands running at right angles thereto, or in the line of the pivot,and retained in such relation, the opening mais continued longitudinally in the ysides aa, as shown in dotted lines, and the bands inserted in that relation, the opposite bandserving to hold the ilanged tongue B, with its hooks, firmly upon the band beneath. The raised rim uponl the inner side of the transverse bar a2 enables the hook b to ret-ain itself more firmly when a band is secured in the buckle and sub- I iected to great strain. It also enables the hook It will be seen, as in dotted lines of Fig. 1,.that the ordinary tongue, c, bent at right angles at one end to form the hook b, and hinged to the central pivot singly, and also with the slotted hinge, may be used. I have found, however, that the flanged tongue-plate, when between the bands, especially in large buckles, affords a greater resistance to an upward play than the single tongue.

An advantage is also obtained in my improved double buckle, in that placing the tongue@ and the hook upon the fianged tongue 'y in the saine longitudinal plane enables them to be readily secured in the holes in the band and obviating the necessity of bending the ends of the tongues in opposite directions to obtain these results. I am also better enabled in my invention to prevent the slacking of the loops or bands in the buckle and permit the tension to be brought upon the `buckle from opposite directions.

Having fully described my invention, what I now claim as new, and desire to secure 'by Letters Patent, is-

The buckle provided with side and open end bars, a suitable base-plate, and central crossbar, substantially as described, atongue pivoted to the central cross-bar and extending in one direction and adapted to rest on lone of the end bars, and a tongue'plate pivoted to the same cross-bar and extending in the opposite direction from the tongue, and provided with a stud upon its under side adapted' to engage an aperture in the said base-plate,

-substantially as described.

. JOHN E. LEE. Witnesses:

ROBERT PARKER, L. A. BRACE. 

